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GNOME all set to drop X11 in the near future.

https://news.itsfoss.com/gnome-wayland-xorg/

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Big News! GNOME to Drop X11 for a Wayland-only Future

GNOME is choosing to go the Wayland way. But, is it the right move? Too soon? What do you think?
Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
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Joakim Fors
Joakim Fors
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Good! Allows them to clean up a lot of workarounds and free up maintenance resources.
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Karna Subarna
Karna Subarna
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And, I thought XWayland is to handle X11 apps on Wayland.
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Mina
Mina
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I wouldn't consider March 2025 a "far away timeline" as stated in the article.

Of course, Wayland is coming, but as long as commonly used apps are not ready, it's a no-go to switch X11 off.

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Z3r0 ~:t_blink:
Z3r0 ~:t_blink:
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It's been a while since I used Gnome for the last time (I actually use i3wm), but I don't think this could be a wrong decision.
X11 development has been quite stuck for years. Maybe Wayland still is not mature enough, but at least is being actively developed
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